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Kangana Ranaut is currently occupied with promotions for her upcoming movie, Emergency, wherein she will be portraying the role of former Prime Minister of India — Indira Gandhi. Speaking recently to India Today, the actor touched upon the figure of Indira Gandhi and whether that person can be neatly categorized as ‘good or ‘bad’. She said, “I don’t know why people are so uncomfortable with truth. As if it does not stand there glaring at us evidently, and so obviously. To me Ms. Gandhi is what she is and we cannot compartmentalize people as ‘good’ or ‘bad’. If you look from that perspective this film will open many doors for you but at the same time, a close comparison to draw with my film is maybe Oppenheimer.”
She further added, “You can’t really decide whether to root for him, whether he is getting manipulated or he is manipulative… It is so much like Macbeth. Macbeth was destined to be the king, and when he becomes the king by killing the king the dagger follows him. His conscience follows him… The idea of Emergency is that the best of us can become a victim of hubris.”
Nolan’s Oppenheimer period drama is based in World War II and revolves around scientist J Robert Oppenheimer, popularly known as the ‘Father of Atomic Bomb’. Oppenheimer was a key figure in development of nuclear weapons during Second World War. This year the film received seven Oscars for such categories as the Picture and the Director.
